The heroes of Pokémon Adventures, the Pokedex Holders are all kids, who one way or another, received a Pokedex. Though just children or teenager, they journey throughout the regions for various reasons, eventually becoming powerful heroes.

Awesomeness by Analysis: Unlike the games and anime in which the Pokedex is commonplace, only these kids have access to the wealth of research and data on it. This means they're the only ones who can learn the strengths and weaknesses of their opponents, giving them a MASSIVE advantage.

More than that, each of the kids is incredibly good at taking advantage of the research, and sometimes even without using the Dex they can turn battles around with clever thinking.

Badass Crew: Just TRY taking any of these kids lightly. Before they've even reached their teens these kids have taken on insurmountable challenges and won. And unlike the games, disarming them of their Pokemon does NOT take anything away from them at all.

Colorful Theme Naming: All of them are named after the core games in the series, which are of course colors (except X, Y, Sun, and Moon). There's also considerable overlap with Rock Theme Naming with the Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh kids.

Gameplay and Story Integration: Each has a title that roughly corresponds to a game mechanic, feature, or archetype. Many times, that feature was introduced in or at thematically relevant to their game generation.

Improbable Age: Most of them are only 11-14 years old yet hold high ranking positions such as a professor's aide, the president of a acting agency and a high-ranking member of the International Police, or hold a formal job such as a capture expert, a courier and a pharmacist.

Invisible Parents: Many have at least one parent unmentioned. Many also have no relatives mentioned at all (IE Red).

Kid Hero: They've thwarted evil organizations, battled legendary Pokemon and lived and saved the world numerous times. The oldest of them are only teens (although at the latest progress (Sun & Moon) Red, Green, and Blue may be in their twenties), and many of them started out when they were ELEVEN.

Living Legend: The Kanto Dex Holders for all of their accomplishments, though due to the other times the Dex Holders have saved the world the others have received quite a bit of fame as well. By the Sinnoh arc, people have already recognized that having a Pokedex marks you as a true badass.

Nice Hat: It's easier to count the ones who DON'T have a nifty piece of headwear covering their noggins. Caps, bandannas, beanies and even visors, you can bet they've worn them all.

Not the Intended Use: The Pokedex was originally just a tool for compiling and expanding Professor Oak's research on Pokemon, and he originally gave the Pokedexes to the Dex Holders to further that purpose. Instead, it's become one of their greatest assets in battle, and a symbol of prestige and heroism. To their credit, the kids will help with research if requested, though only Crystal actually completed the Pokedex.

Only One Name: Most of them are only known by their first names; the exceptions being Blue, Sapphire, Platinum, and Y.

Personality Pokemon: The starter they get aligns with their character as well as the roles within their teams (IE Grass-types keep their teams in line, Fire-types are wild and focused on offense, Water-types are unpredictable etc.) To an extent, this also applies to their first Pokemon and the rest of their team.

Power Trio: With generations often being made up of three games and having a protagonist based on each, this was inevitable. Invoked by necessity in the Sinnoh arc due to the three legendary Pokemon there.

Senpai Kohai: The Johto and Hoenn Dex Holders treat their seniors this way. Gold, being Gold, doesn't get the respect...

Theme Naming: All of their Pokemon will have some sort of theme to their name.

True Companions: Going through numerous trials together forges the groups into unbeatable teams, both with each other and their Pokemon. The Kanto, Johto and Hoenn Dex Holders also all know each other and fought together.

Kanto Dex Holders

Red

Red

The Battler/Fighter

"Me? I am Red! A Pokédex Owner from Pallet Town! A 'Fighter'!"

The first protagonist of the series. He starts out as a bit of an overconfident local hotshot who starts out thinking he's the best. It only takes a quick defeat from Mew to break this mentality and he considers learning and going to Professor Oak where he starts his quest. His first Pokémon is a Poliwag named Poli, while his starter is a Bulbasaur named Saur.

Characterization Marches On: During the first arc, Red was rather girl-crazy and regularly flirted around, like Gold. Later arcs excise this part of his personality. Gold inherits it from him, and keeps it.

Chick Magnet: Any women show attraction and affection towards him such as Misty, Green(blue in Japan) and Yellow, to name some and even Sabrina softens up on him. Of course, he notices none of it.

Green pulled off the Team Rocket disguise. (Luckily, he was wearing his typical attire underneath) Red was also pretty much stripped over the finale of FireRed and LeafGreen. (But his shirt was needed to keep the steering mechanism of the Rocket airship upright, so, justifiable.)

There was also the time when he suddenly pulled off his clothes in Red and Blue and jumped into the water in order to convince Blue's Pokémon to relax, and when he went into the hot springs as well.

Gameplay and Story Integration: As The Battler, his specialty is trainer battles. He is one of the most renown trainers in the world and is able to think up strategies on the fly.

Harmless Freezing: Subverted. While he survives being frozen for 2 weeks, he contracts frostbite when he's freed and has to go to the hot springs in Mt. Silver to get it healed.

The Hero: The main protagonist of RGB and FRLG arcs, and a legendary figure in Yellow, GSC, RS and Emerald stories. He was instrumental in defeating Team Rocket multiple times, and the conflicts with the Elite 4 and Mask of Ice.

He's Back: After being absent for most of Yellow, he returns for the final battle against the Elite Four.

Hot Springs Episode: He and Sabrina bath together in the hot springs at Mt. Silver during Gold and Silver. Justified since the hot spring had healing properties that would cure them of the wounds inflicted by Lolerei's attempts to freeze them in Yellow.

The Leader: Type IV/II hybrid of the Kanto Dex holders, and the Dex holders as a whole when they come together.

Living Legend: Due to besting the other Gym Leaders and winning the Indigo Plateau, as well as thwarting Team Rocket before he was even a teenager, he and the other Dex Holders become famous, though most is directed towards him.

Made of Iron: He survives being poisoned, attacked by Pokémon directly, and being frozen for 2 weeks.

Magnetic Hero: This kid can make friends with almost everyone, and even those he does not make friends with consider him a respectable Worthy Opponent.

He forgives Lt. Surge, Sabrina, and Koga despite all the cruel things they did in Red and Blue.

He accepted Deoxys pretty fast despite the fact it nearly killed all his Pokémon.

Lorelei who was the one who encased Red in ice, giving him severe frostbite that had long-term consequences. The next time they meet up a few years later, he doesn't even mention it and appears to have forgiven her.

Nice Hat: Red's hat almost never comes off. He even swam and bathed in the hot springs with it on. Plus it never came off during all the training and aerial fighting he did in FireRed and LeafGreen. To top it off, even when his jacket and shirt had already come off, his hat was still there till the last moment.

Oblivious to Love: At first, he doesn't seem to realize that both Yellow and Misty have huge crushes on him. By the end of the Gold, Silver, Crystal arc, he seems to have caught on and feels uncomfortable about resolving it until Gold gave him a way out.

Sleeves Are for Wimps: Since he dumped his jacket in FireRed and LeafGreen. Also at the start of said arc, he was walking around without the jacket.

Smarter Than You Look: Oak, Blue, Misty and Green, and several members of Team Rocket all look down on Red for his arrogant personality at the beginning of his career. But even then he consistently impresses them with just how both caring he is towards Pokemon, and how complexly layered and super effective his Indy Ploys can be. As he goes along he learns to be more humble about his talent, and more thoughtful in putting together his strategies.

Spirited Competitor: Loves a good fight against strong opponents, and refuses to beat someone when they're down.

Stock Shonen Hero: He starts off with many elements of this trope, from his spiky haired design and outwards hotblooded-dumbness only to shock others with his overwhelming natural talent for Pokemon, and strong sense of justice. At the very end of the RGB arc, however, he's started to mellow and think more critically, and continues losing most of the vices of this trope throughout the rest of the manga, although he retains the positive aspects of it.

Taken for Granite: He, the other Kanto Dex Holders, and Silver get turned to stone at the end of FireRed and LeafGreen.

Taking You with Me: In FireRed and LeafGreen, at the end of the Mewtwo vs. Deoxys battle, while Deoxys was grabbing Red, Red insisted that Mewtwo fire the final shot even though he knew that the attack might literally go through him.

We Can Rule Together: Twice offered to Red from Giovanni in Red and Blue and The Elite Four in Yellow.

Worf Had the Flu: Still in bad shape after being frozen by Lorelei, Red has to step down from the Viridian Gym leader's position, and, consequently, was out of action for most of Gold, Silver, and Crystal in order to recuperate.

Worthy Opponent: The top members of Team Rocket (Giovanni, Sabrina, Surge) and The Elite Four (Especially Bruno) consider him this.

Red's Pokémon

Poli (Nyoro)

Red's first Pokémon that he obtained when it was only a Poliwag. Sometime before the series began, he evolved into a Poliwhirl to save a drowning Red. He evolved into a Poliwrath to rescue Red from drowning once more after his Trainer was sent into the water by Lt. Surge.

Author Appeal: Series creator Satoshi Taijiri has said that his favorite Pokémon is a Poliwhirl.

Shout-Out: To Surfing Pikachu, a TCG and special event Pikachu that could Surf. It explains the power by using the energy typically used to make a Substitute and molding it into a water repelling disc of energy you can stand on.

Swiss-Army Superpower: Substitute creates an electromagnetic copy of Pika. Aside from the obvious use of dodging, the clone can be used as an invisible scout that can phase through barriers, and because it reverses magnetic polarity (somehow) it can also be used on a surfboard or any piece of wood to make it SURF.

Stout Strength: He's a badass through and through, and also pretty darn rotund.

Vee (Vui)

Once a genetically-tampered Eevee that could evolve and de-evolve into any of the first three Eeveelutions, Vee is now permanently an Espeon, showing its love and trust towards his trainer.

Demoted to Extra: In the Red, Green, & Blue arc, after two chapters were centered around it, it disappeared for a while, made a brief appearance at Seafoam Islands, and was pretty much forgotten about for the rest of the arc when Red got Aerodactyl.

Elemental Powers: Due to his former ability to evolve between multiple forms and back, he had a variety of these.

Sixth Ranger: Vee subs in on Red's team during the Yellow Arc when Red gets separated from Pikachu, and does so once again in the third chapter. He's generally a secondary member due to Red already having a dedicated six-man team.

Gyara

Originally Misty's Gyarados who was experimented on by Team Rocket, this Pokémon has since been given to Red and serves as a means of transport through water as well as boasting powerful attacks.

Blow You Away: Flying is his secondary type. Ironically, he knows no Flying moves.

Gentle Giant: Gyarados' Pokedex entries emphasize its destructive rampages when they get angry. Gyara spends most of his time chasing birds and derping around at everything.

Face of a Thug: Red's Pokemon are initially incredibly scared of Gyara, and for good reason, as it looks horrifying and when they first saw it it was brainwashed and trying to kill them. In truth... Well, see Gentle Giant above. They warm up to it eventually. Justified, as it has the Intimidate ability.

Characterization Marches On: In the first few chapters he acted very much like his counterpart from the games and his anime counterpart Gary from the first season. This changed by the time he appeared in Pokémon Tower and he became a more serious character and even ends up becoming best friends with Red over the years while still remaining rivals (Somewhat lampshaded by Red: "You're not your old obnoxious self again...you're worse!)

Chick Magnet: Blue seems to be rather popular, judging from an instance where Red was mistaken for Blue.

Gameplay and Story Integration: As The Trainer, his specialty is level grinding, or wild battles. Shown in how he whipped Red's team into shape after accidentally trading with him, and again in how quickly he trained a second team to take after his Gym even when he's not around.

Heroic Build: Suggested by Word of God as having one due to his training with Chuck, despite looking no different from Red and the other male Dex holders physically. However, this fact has yet to be seen on page.

Parents in Distress: In both the Red and Blue and Fire Red and Leaf Green arcs, Professor Oak is taken into some kind of captivity.

The Lancer: Red's foil and roughly equal in power. He's a stoic Grumpy Bear who thinks primarily about efficiency and power in battle. Though as Red's traits rub off on him, he becomes more compassionate and willing to take unplanned risks.

Personality Swap: When his and Red's Pokémon get swapped out on accident in a chapter of Red and Blue, they temporarily start acting like the trainer they've been swapped to.

The Rival: To Red in the first saga. He is actually the straightest one among all the rivals.

Shipper on Deck: If he doesn't ship Bill with his sister, he is at least fine with it.

The Stoic: He's generally the most down to earth and serious of the team.

Taken for Granite: Like the rest of the Gen I and 2 Dex holders, at the end of FRLG, though it's eventually undone by Emerald.

Training from Hell: Likely inherited from undergoing such with his master Chuck. This is also his specialty as a traine. It was on display at least twice, when he created a strict training regiment for Red's Pokemon during their swap, and when he caught a bunch of wild Pokemon and seemingly instantly trained them to be his team for Gym Leader challengers. They're even trained to the point that they can run the gym and accept challenges even when he's away on other business.

Green (Blue)

The Evolver

"I can fool more than silly boys!"

She's initially a sneaky thief that just seems to care for money. She is aware of her attractiveness, and uses this to her advantage in her cons. That said, she is actually quite competent and can defend herself via Pokémon and or by tricks. Her first Pokémon is a Jigglypuff, while her starter is a Squirtle named Blasty.

Evolution Powerup: Her specialty, having knowledge of when and how to use evolution. She was specifically trained for this by the Masked Man.

Face Your Fears: when she confronts Will and Karen in Ilex Forest, they intimidate her with Lugia and Ho-Oh, the latter being the cause for her fear of birds in the first place. However, Green reveals that she's already overcome her fears, when she reveals her new Pokémon, Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres. The reason for her absence for most of the arc is actually because of this trope.

Fille Fatale: She uses her sex appeal to get what she wants. She flirted with Red and stole his stuff when they first met. She also told Yellow to disguise herself as a boy until she understood how to use her real gender as a weapon. However, upon growing up, she didn't become a Femme Fatale.

Guile Heroine: Once she's unquestionably become one of the good guys, she still fights dirty.

Hello, Nurse!: Her attractiveness is constantly called attention to,. Red is easily seduced and tricked by how cute she is when they first meet. She's able to distract Sabrina during their battle by making her jealous of her body. When she shows up in the GSC arc, Gold immediately drops what he's doing spanks her and asks "Who's this sexy lady?" much to everyone's embarrassment, and a trigger button for Silver.

Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Was prone to and very fond of manipulating people (Especially people like Red) to the point that she could easily be mistaken as one of the villains, but definitely had moral standards. She remains mischievous, but mostly grows out of her thieving once she makes friends with the main cast and has no more reason to steal.

Killer Rabbit: Invoked with her team, which she refrained from evolving until the FRLG saga, allegedly to lull her opponents into a sense of security.

Stealth Mentor: To Yellow; she is the one who got to go on her quest to start with. Downplayed though, as she started out teaching Yellow basic battle skills.

Taken for Granite: She, the other Kanto Dex Holders and Silver are turned to stone due to the collision between Mewtwo and Darkrai’s at the end of the FRLG chapter.

Trickster Archetype: Very, very tricky. She constantly fools both allies and enemies, and took the most non-traditional route to get into the Pokemon League. She's known for popping up in random situations.

Weak, but Skilled: While Blue isn't really weak, her Pokémon's levels are considerably lower than Red's and Blue's. However, all her major victories were due to clever tricks and strategies, so she doesn't have to spend all her free time training and battling.

What the Hell, Hero?: Called out by Sabrina, her ally at the time, for her deception of her during the battle with Lorelei. Green attempts a justification ("You can't fool your enemies if you don't fool your friends!"), but Sabrina doesn't buy it.

White Gloves: She made a pair for herself and a black version for Silver to keep their hands warm while they were under the Masked Man's "care". She no longer wears them as of FireRed and LeafGreen.

Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Starts off the story with a crippling fear of bird Pokémon due to the fact that she was drafted into the Masked Man's service after being kidnapped by Ho-oh. She got better.

Punny Name / Lost in Translation: In the original Japanese version, Green's Granbull is nicknamed "ブルー (Bull)". The pun is here is that Green 's name, when written in katakana, is written exactly the same as Snubbull's Japanese name, Bull. The only reason that we know that it even has a nickname is from Netkun and the fact that Green calls her Granbull "Bull" even after evolving. This was not caught by translators and all official English translations refer to Bull by its species name.

Yellow

Yellow

The Healer

"Humans and Pokémon can live together! I know it!"

The first main character in the manga not to be based on a game protagonist, Yellow was saved by Red when she was a kid, and learned about the beauty of Pokemon from him. She later nursed him back to health after his battle with Giovanni and, after he accepted her request to be a Gym Leader, promised that she would wait for him. She later appears in her own individual arc on a quest to find Red, who has mysteriously gone missing (though you don't know it's her, or even that she IS a her until the end), and ends up defeating Lance. Her first Pokémon was a Rattata nicknamed Ratty she caught with Red's help. Her "starter" then was Red's Pikachu, Pika, and her "starter" now is her own Pikachu, Chuchu.

Achilles' Heel: Using her powers too much will make her tired and cause her to go to sleep immediately.

Badass Adorable: Kind hearted and demure, but push her to the edge and she'll show you why she's a Dex Holder.

Betty and Veronica: Betty to Misty's Veronica and Red's Archie, bonus points for having blonde hair. Best seen in chapter 180, when she becomes nervous when Red starts talking to Misty on Erika's Pokegear.

Badass Pacifist: She doesn't like hurting Pokemon, preferring instead to run away or force a stalemate, both things she's VERY capable of manipulating. If you actually drive her to seriously need to fight, you have a very big problem.

Beware the Nice Ones: Yellow is probably the most pacifistic and sweet-tempered of the Dex Holders. She dislikes battling so much that she'd rather render her enemies immobile instead of even hurting them, or just plain run away. However she knows when to get serious; threaten the Viridian Forest or try to Kill All Humans, and the gloves are off.

Bifauxnen: She conceals her gender by wearing a huge straw hat that hides her ponytail. It's only revealed later in her arc that she is, in fact, female.

Bokukko: As part of her bifauxnen getup, she refers to herself with the boyish Japanese pronoun "boku". She continues to use it even after her actual gender is revealed.

Canon Foreigner: She doesn't have a game counterpart and was created for this series.

Chekhov's Gunman: She actually appears for the first time near the end of Red and Blue (when Red catches her Rattata for her, mentioned above), five chapters before her own arc begins.

Compressed Hair: Her hair is pretty long yet fits in her hat with no problem.

The Dreaded: To Lance. The only reason Petrel managed to get the drop on him is because he exploited Lance's fear of her.

Foreshadowing: The first hint that she's the girl Red saved is that her first Pokemon was apparently her Rattata. It becomes even more obvious later on when, while surfing towards Cinnabar, she flashbacks to the exact lesson he taught her (IE taking care of Pokemon).

Gameplay and Story Integration: As The Healer, her specialty is HP recovery, though it's done through a psychic link rather than items. Her Pokedex also has a means of measuring Pikachu's emotional state, showing the beginnings of happiness.

Hammerspace: That pouch can hold her sketchbook and fishing rod without them being seen. At times it looks like she just pulls them out of her back.

Healing Hands: Gifted with the powers of the Viridian Forest, Yellow has a special ability that allows her to completely heal wounded Pokémon. And all she has to do is touch them or be near them. Though the latter is showcased more often with Lance, who has the same powers as her but is more competent with them. Though it can be debated on whether it counts as canon, the cover on the official calendar shows her healing another human being.

Heavy Sleeper: Overusing her powers will force her to fall into a deep sleep, no matter how inopportune the situation. Worst situation of all was when she was inside the out-of-control Team Rocket airship.

Home Field Advantage: Yellow's already competent as a trainer on a regular day. Fight her in the Viridian Forest, and you're going to have a VERY bad day.

I Will Wait for You: Her promise to Red, essentially. It isn't specifically romantic (Him becoming a gym leader), but she DOES love him...

Late-Arrival Spoiler: Her gender reveal is treated as a huge deal in Yellow, but later chapters don't bother trying to hide it.

Let's Get Dangerous!: Yellow should be easy to beat in a battle, right? Her Pokémon are weaklings, she hates fighting...HOLY SHOOT HER POKEMON'S LEVELS JUST JUMPED UP ALL THE WAY TO THE EIGHTIES.

Limited Wardrobe: From Yellow to Emerald she's the only one of the original 4 to not get a costume change.

Multiethnic Name: Her first name is English and her last name, Caballero, is the Spanish word for knight.

Nice Hat: For a needed plot twist. After her arc, she wears it to hide her true gender from Red, and after revealing it in GSC she simply wears it for old times' sake.

Chekhov's Gun: That hat was given to Yellow by Blue, along with the Rainbow and Silver Wings that are worn on it.

Red String of Fate: With Red. Not actually a red string, just a white String Shot from her caterpie, but combined with Red's joking proposal, she freaks out adorably all the same.

Happens again in Fire Red Leaf Green, when she wraps her fishing line around Red's pinkie in order to tell him about Deoxys.

Rescue Romance: How she fell in love with/started looking up to Red. It's never hinted that Red's ever realized that she's the same little girl he rescued from that rampaging Dratini all those years ago.

She Is All Grown Up: In FireRed and LeafGreen as compared to Red and Blue and Yellow. Though she could still pass for a boy, and she's still shorter than Silver (and probably everyone else, minus Emerald).

Ship Tease: Sprinkled liberally with Red and even a bit with Silver in FireRed LeafGreen.

Significant Birth Date: Her birthday is March 3, the same day as when the first round of Pokémon Adventures was serialized.

Skilled, but Naďve: In the beginning, as while a fairly competent battler she refused to hurt her opponents. Following training with Green and faced with the reality of how bad the situation is, Yellow toughens up HARD.

Super Empowering: Can use the power of the Viridian forest to make her team's levels shoot up massively.

Sweet Polly Oliver: Pretended to be a boy when she was first introduced in her own arc, under Green's instruction.

Taken for Granite: She, the other Kanto Dex Holders, and Silver are turned into stone due to a collision between Mewtwo and Darkrai's attack at the end of FireRed and LeafGreen.

Take Up My Sword: When Red disappeared, Yellow used his Pikachu and Pokédex. Though she gave back Pika later, since Red is using an upgraded Pokedex, Yellow is still using his original one, the oldest one in existence.

The Last of These Is Not Like the Others: She has no game counterpart, she has special powers from the Viridian Forest, and is the only one who makes a set of Four Dex Holders a region. The only one comparable is Emerald.

Took a Level in Badass: Her first major arc chronicled her coming to terms with being a battler despite her gentle personality. When she first appeared she had no battle experience and didn't own any Pokémon. Training under Blue and facing the crisis instigated by the Kanto Elite Four made her into a powerful trainer and a force to be reckoned with.

Weak, but Skilled: Definitely counts as this for most of the Yellow arc, due to constantly trying to not hurt Pokemon or her opponents' trickery; given the usual power level for Dex Holders, she might still be this (when not using her Super Empowering, of course).

White Magician Girl: Yellow fits this archetype fully. She has healing powers, is kind, gentle and caring (initially, to a fault), generous and self-sacrificing, has blonde hair and is even a more innocent Love Interest than Misty.

Yellow's Pokémon

Ratty (Rat-chan)

Yellow's first Pokémon, which Red helped her catch after he saved her. His sharp teeth have proved useful in many situation.

Flight: Ironically, the Butterfree species cannot learn Fly. However, the flightless Doduo/Dodrio can learn it. Butter acts as Yellow's transportation by attaching to her back, rather than having Yellow ride on top. It gives the trainer the appearance of having butterfly wings herself.

Johto Dex Holders

Gold

Gold

The Hatcher/Breeder

"...Pokémon are my partners! We work alongside for the same goals because we are partners!"

He's the first hero of the Gold, Silver, and Crystal arc. Gold comes from a well-to-do family, can be quite a flirt and thinks of Pokémon as his family as he grew up with a lot of them. His journey begins when he sees Silver steal a Pokémon from Elm's lab and decides to catch him himself. Gold's first Pokémon was an Aipom (nicknamed Aibo in Viz's translation and Ataro in Chuang Yi's translation) and his 'starter' was a Cyndaquil (nicknamed Exbo and Explotaro in Viz and Chuang Yi's releases respectively).

Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Eventually resorts to going to the ground and begging to get Oak to give him a Pokédex.

Anti-Hero: Type I/II hybrid. He's not as skilled as the other Dex Holders and he's far more exasperating, but he's a nice guy way, way underneath.

Berserk Button: Do not hurt Pokémon or treat them as mere tools in front of Gold.

Deconstructed Character Archetype: Of the maverick. It isn't a majorly stressed thing, and mostly played for laughs, but multiple characters (Oak, Crystal, Whitney) have voiced on different occasions how infuriating and/or unreliable Gold is for doing more-or-less whatever he feels like. Best exemplified in HGSS, where Oak admits that Gold was his last pick among the Johto trio (Silver was incommunicado, Crystal was busy elsewhere).

Determinator: Losing battles and almost his own life practically five times to the Masked Man? He keeps trying stop him anyway.

Dude, Where's My Respect?: Even after saving Johto, people sees Gold more of a troublemaker than a hero and none of the Hoenn Dex Holders (sans Emerald) show him any respect. In HGSS arc, the Radio Director even blames him for Arceus' destruction.

Gameplay and Story Integration: As The Breeder, his specialty is hatching eggs. His baby Pokemon take on some of his traits as well. In the HGSS arc he's also the master of the Pokeathlon.

Goggles Do Nothing: Despite several situations where they would be useful, they're rarely used.

Handsome Lech: He flirts with almost every woman he sees in Gold, Silver, and Crystal (and in one instance, he flirted with Bugsy). He seemed to have stopped doing so in the Emerald chapter....but then gets right back to it in HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Hero Worship: Wants to be just like Red, and trains with him on Mt. Silver for that purpose.

Hot-Blooded: There were even flames in the background when he showed intense desire to beat up the Masked Man.

Idiot Hero: Out of all the Dex Holders, he's the only who hasn't completely grown out of it yet.

Indy Ploy: His are so blatant that mental objections fill the panel when he acts like he planned it all along.

Required Secondary Powers: For whatever reason, that cue is strong enough to shatter ice and keep Lugia, a legendary Pokemon, from closing his mouth to use his breath attacks.

It Amused Me: Outright said that this was his main motivation for his journeys: he doesn't do things for justice, he just wants to have fun. With that said, later events and his reactions to them call the truthfulness of this statement into question.

Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Aside from the pun, he's Not So Different from his rival in this respect, but he usually means well and just wants to show off, and he has a deep love for Pokémon. That being said, he has semi-regular moments where he displays that he can be a major and unrepentant ass (the time where he nearly immolated Crystal which he had the audacity to laugh about, for one). In-universe, it is highlighted in HGSS that some people do regard him as little more than an unreliable trouble maker (Oak assigns him to the Pokeathlon only because Silver and Crystal weren't available, Mary outright says that about him).

Recurring Element: He has a few parallels to Red. For instance they both had Poliwhirl's but took different branched evolutions. They also had to win over the trust of the Pokemon Prof. to get their starter (a four legged Pokemon with it's special ability sprouting from its back). He also gets Sudowoodo on his team, a Pokemon known for blocking roadways like Red's Snorlax.

Static Character: He has some small growth, but compared to the other Dex Holders, he's the only one who doesn't change significantly.

Stock Shonen Hero: To an extent - he's got many of the qualities, but he is portrayed in a much more negative light than usual for this trope.

Uncle Pennybags: Not as rich as Platinum Berlitz, but he is portrayed to have enough money to count as a literal rich idiot.

Wild Hair: Whenever he takes his hat off, especially in [HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Gold's Pokémon

Aibo/Ataro (Ētarou)

One of the Pokémon that lived in Gold's home. He was originally the first and only Gold took on his journey until Gold realized he lost (and later retrieved) Polibo. Started out as an Aipom and later evolved when it learned Double Hit.

Polibo/Poltaro (Nyotarou)

A Politoed that was one of the Pokémon that lived in Gold's house since it was a Poliwag. After an incident involving Team Rocket, it was lost at sea but was later found and became a major part of his team. Gold initially intended for him to evolve into a Poliwrath like Red's but Polibo evolved into a Politoed after it was temporarily traded to Silver for his Seadra.

Togebo/Togetaro (Togetarou)

A Togepi that Gold hatched from an egg. Due to a problem with connecting to Togebo, Gold went a while unable to evolve him. During the battle against Arceus, Gold managed to connect with Togebo, and he evolved into Togetic and Togekiss to stop the rampaging Pokémon.

Foreshadowing: Is it any wonder that "The Breeder" would have an egg Pokemon?

Like Father, Like Son: Gold's ability to make his hatched Pokémon like him turned a Pokémon that is known for bringing happiness into a gambling delinquent.

Non-Elemental: He is Normal-type as a Togepi and it's his primary type as a Togetic and Togekiss.

Took a Level in Badass: As a Togepi, he was badass, but won most of his battles through pure luck. Upon evolving twice, he became strong enough to face against Arceus and calm it down with a single attack. Although he didn't actually hurt it.

Tibo/Mantaro (Mantarou) and Remoraid

A Mantine that Gold encountered after being sent flying into the sea. He quickly befriended the Pokémon and uses it in conjunction with Crystal's recently-captured Remoraid to enable it to fly.

Punny Name/Lost in Translation: Like Bull, Pich is a nicknamed Pokémon who's name was not caught by any translators. When written in Japanese, Pich's name is only one character short from the Pichu's species name and would probably be considered a spelling error if not for Netkun.

Adaptational Nice Guy: Silver's a Jerkass with no heroic actions in the games who only learns to trust and care for his Pokémon after the player beats him at Victory Road, but here, he's driven for vengeance for Green and himself and is a Jerk with a Heart of Gold.

The Comically Serious: He comes across as a serious character in his early appearances...but then he saw his wanted poster. This is taken to hilarious levels when we find out at the end of the HGSS arc that Silver is a fan of Proteam Omega, and seems fixated on staying at Gold's house just to catch its first airing on television. The only other main character who is known to be a fan of the show is Diamond.

Flung Clothing: When he ditched the Team Rocket wardrobe Sird put on him.

Gameplay and Story Integration: As The Exchanger, his specialty is trading. As a bit of a lost in translation pun with his counterpart Green, (Exchanger and Evolver have similar pronouciations in Japanese) he also specializes in trade induced evolution as he's performed with Green, Blue, and Gold.

Taken for Granite: At the end of FireRed and LeafGreen due to the collision of Mewtwo's and Darkrai's attacks.

Yank the Dog's Chain: Silver had been searching for him family since he was a child, honestly hoping that he'd have a loving family filled with Pokémon, like Gold... only to find his father is Giovanni.

Kingdra

A Kingdra that was once traded to Blue for her Bull but later traded back offscreen. She evolved into a Seadra offscreen and evolved into Kingdra when she was temporarily traded to Gold for his Polibo.

Making a Splash: She's Water-type as a Horsea and Seadra and it's her primary type as a Kingdra.

Crystal

The Catcher/Capturer

"Capture complete!"

The third and last hero/ine of Gold, Silver, and Crystal. Her name is usually shortened to Crys. Crystal stars in two books alone before teaming up with Silver and Gold. She was given a Pokédex after taking the job of catching Pokémon for Professor Oak so she can help the run down orphanage she's helping look after. Has caught all non-legendaries and is currently working as Oak's assistant. Her first Pokémon was a Smoochum named Chumee and starter is a Chikorita, (nicknamed Megaree in Viz's version and simply 'Mega' in Chuang Yi's version). Each of her Pokémon have a star on them somewhere.

The Ace: In regards to Pokémon catching. It says volumes of her skill that she legitimately managed to Catch 'Em All, or at least every non-Legendary in Kanto, Johto, & Hoenn by Emerald.

And Now for Someone Completely Different: The camera focuses on her after Gold and Silver are defeated by the Mask of Ice. She goes on almost a two volume long solo adventure as The Hero of her own story before teaming up with the others.

Extremity Extremist: She uses her Pokéballs by kicking them at her targets, a habit she developed after injuring her arms while training her capturing skills.

Gameplay and Story Integration: As The Catcher, her specialty is capturing wild Pokemon. She has a unique way of using Pokeballs (kicking instead of throwing) and also becomes Oak's assistant like the player character in the game is supposed to be since she has the completed Dex.

Tsundere: Downplayed. While she does tend to flip-flop between an easy-going demeanor and anger in Gold's case, these instances are generally caused by legitimate grievances over selfish (and occasionally dangerous things) he does (as in their trip to the Pokémon League, where he unapologetically almost caused her serious burns).

Then played straight in the HG/SS arc as she kicked Gold everytime he tried to say something about her new clothes, without letting him finish the sentence.

You Gotta Have Blue Hair: She is the only Dex Holder to have an unnatural hair color (blue), bar maybe Platinum Berlitz (who borders between black or dark blue).

Megaree/Mega (Megapyon)

A Meganium that wanted to join Crystal's team after hearing about the exploits that Gold's Exbo and Silver's Feraligatr had with their Trainers. At first, Crystal didn't want him because she had a full team but decided to take him after seeing him show his determination. Wears a star necklace around his neck.

Badass Adorable: As a Chikorita, he was perfectly willing to follow Crystal across the wilds of Johto. Just before he evolved into Bayleef, he headbutted a Larvitar that had previously fought Archy and grievously wounded him. It's this quality that convinces Crystal to accept him as a member of her team.

The Call Put Me on Hold: Wanted to go on adventures like Elm's Cyndaquil and Tododile, but was left behind. When Crystal declined to take him in initially, he kicked Elm in the face and ran after her. Even when he found her, Crystal was still unwilling to take him in at first.

Bonee (Karapyon)

A Cubone that Crystal met after she was sent down a cliff from a wild Arcanine. He uses moves that prevent the opponent from fainting to make capture easier. Has star cracks on his helmet.

Natee/Xatee (Naipyon)

A Xatu that Crystal met as a Natu after she was sent down a cliff from a wild Arcanine. She users her psychic powers to help lift Crystal into the air. She wears a star sticker on her left eye.

Blow You Away: She's a Flying-type, and she can learn Gust, which is a small tornado.

Flight: As a Flying-type, this is a given, as she stays off the ground and moves through the air.

Psychic Powers: She's a Psychic-type, and she can move things with its mind.

Parasee (Parapyon)

A Parasect that Crystal met after she was sent down a cliff from a wild Arcanine. She uses special spores made inside her body to inflict status inflictions on Pokémon, making them easier to capture. She has star patterns on her mushroom body.

Blank White Eyes: Although the fact that the mushroom has taken over a Parasect's body is never brought up.

Combat Medic: Can cure status effects and mix medicine using its spores.

Green Thumb: It's part Grass-type, which is know for growing plant life.

Archy/Arckee (Winpyon)

An Arcanine that Crystal met when she was a child. Having been blinded in his right eye by a wild Larvitar, he went on a rampage and knocked Crystal off a cliff until she healed him later. Wears a star collar on his neck.

Baripyon

Psychic Powers: It is a Psychic-type pokemon, and it knows how to move things with its mind.

Hoenn Dex Holders

Ruby

Ruby

The Charmer

"True beauty lies in the heart! The heart that is capable of love!"

The male protagonist of the RS Arc. Despite being the son of Gym Leader Norman, Ruby is deeply fixated on Pokémon contests and the beauty and appearance of his team. Naturally, this has put him at odds with his father. First Pokémon(s) are a Skitty named Coco, Poochyena named Nana and Ralts named Ruru. His starter is a Mudkip named Zuzu.

Anti-Hero: Leans largely towards a mixture of Classical and Pragmatic.

Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He does whatever he can to avoid direct Pokémon confrontation. Push him into it or remove him from the public eye, however, and you'll learn quick that five years isn't enough to dull his blade.

Good Is Not Nice: For one example, after escaping from Courtney's clutches following their first confrontation, he casually cuts the wire holding her and sends her plummeting into a flaming inferno. She survives, but geez!

Implausible Deniability: The defining characteristic of his later relationship with Sapphire. At the end of the RS arc, HE MADE A DAMN LOVE CONFESSION, but when questioned on it, says he doesn't remember anything. Whether he's just being as elusive as always or due to Time Travel shenanigans he genuinely forgot, is up to you.

Instant Expert: He mastered Mega Evolution way before Sapphire and Emerald. First with Latios, and then with Zuzu who he hasn't even trained to perform Mega Evolution.

Once again ORAS realizing how much damage keeping Sapphire out of the loop had caused.

Nice Hat: It also hides the scars he got from the Salamence listed below. The scars are his identifying mark without the hat in play.

Non-Action Guy: What he becomes due to believing It's All His Fault. While he managed to repel a Salamence that attacked him and Sapphire five years prior to the bet, he dropped competitive battling after he mistakenly believes he tainted her "crystal-clear heart". This is also why he just accepted all the scoldings Sapphire gave him.

He's named after the Pink-colored Ruby, which fits quite well with his status as the pink boy to Sapphire's blue girl.

His birthday is at 2nd of July, in which his birthstone is ruby.

Stoic Spectacles: Ruby actually has bad eyesight. When he's sewing, they may count as Nerd Glasses, but he also wears them when he's figuring out battle strategies. He actually looks pretty intelligent in them.

Theme Naming: His Pokémon's names all consist of part of their species' name (a single kana in Japanese) repeated twice: Nana the Poochyena, Kiki the Skitty, and so on.

Took a Level in Badass: While he was already a badass to begin with, ORAS has Ruby getting down and dirty on the likes of Zinnia and the Draconid People, and mastering the art of Mega Evolution on Latios without formal training.

He demonstrates Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass on instinct before Sapphire, and yet he still refuses to help save Hoenn from the maniacs in Teams Magma and Aqua. Sapphire was not pleased at all. Wallace has to spell it out for Ruby before he does this.

In the ORAS Chapter his decision to not tell Sapphire about the meteor or what the training was for backfires on everyone horribly, resulting in Sapphire becoming temporary mute from the shock.

Will They or Won't They?: Played strangely. After his love confession at the end of RSE, Ruby continues to play it cool and not give any hint of his feelings. Even five years later, where Sapphire is obviously still in love with him, he stays aloof.

With My Hands Tied: His fight with Mack in the submarine, as he's backed into a corner and his arms are tied to his sides. He manages to escape unharmed, though.

Ruby's Pokémon

Nana

One of Ruby's starter Pokémon. A Mightyena that is used in Cool rank contests.

Rara (Ruru)

One of Ruby's starter Pokémon. A Kirlia that is used in Smart rank contests. Due to being stuck with Wally for most of Ruby's adventure, she was unable to participate in contests and Fofo was used in her place. She evolves into a Gardevoir in the Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc.

Feefee (Mimi)

A Milotic that Ruby caught as a Feebas, much to his chagrin. After some Character Development, he found out that even though she is ugly on the outside, she is beautiful on the inside, causing her to evolve into a Milotic, a Pokémon he had been searching for. She is used in Beauty rank contests.

Sapphire Birch

The Conqueror

The female protagonist for the RS arc. The yang to Ruby's yin, she assists Prof. Birch in his studies and is more than ready for anything nature can throw at her. After an argument with Ruby, she sets off both their journeys with a bet - she'll see Pokémon contests in a new light if he can get all the ribbons in 80 days, while she seeks to get all the local badges in that time limit. First Pokémon is an Aron named Rono while starter is a Torchic named Toro.

Adaptational Badass: The most aggressive version of the character, especially moreso than May is as a NPC or from the anime.

Jungle Princess: She becomes this due to believing It's All Her Fault that Ruby got hurt. That same Salamence in Ruby's tragic backstory cut him up before he chased it off. She blamed herself for her own weakness and inability to fight, and went native as part of her assistance in Prof. Birch's research to rectify that. Along the way, she engaged in some badass grinding, and only went from there after her wager with Ruby.

She Is Not My Girlfriend: Hilariously with Ruby. Played straight in the beginning, but in the Emerald arc, she's ready to beat the shit out of him whenever he claims to have forgotten what exactly happened during the RS climax, including their love confessions to each other.

The Speechless: Rendered this temporary during ORAS after finding out that Ruby was keeping her out of the entire Delta Meteor incident loop.

Tomboy: Her goal is to beat all of the gym leaders in Hoenn, and she scoffs at the idea of participating in contests.

Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Post-Character Development, remnants of her old personality are starting to surface back up, such as her admitting that the way Ruby grooms his Pokemon is beautiful and her being a romantic.

Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: While normally fearless, a recount of her fight with Frontier Brain Tucker during the Emerald saga suggests she still has trouble dealing with Salamence, most likely due to her encounter with one.

Minun

Kirly (Kiruru)

A Kirlia Sapphire caught in between the Emerald and Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arcs. She wanted him to evolve into a Gardevoir so it could partner with Rara but him accidentally touched a Dawn Stone, evolving into a Gallade.

Bare-Fisted Monk: Fighting is his secondary type although he fights with the blades on his arms.

Emerald'

The Calmer

"It's not the Pokémon battles that I like! It's the Pokémon...and the people who like Pokémon!"

The protagonist of the Emerald arc. He is the second main character in the manga not to be based on a game protagonist. A trainer who loves Pokémon battles but not Pokémon (at first), he utilizes a variety of gadgets and is a genius at item battles. He challenges the Hoenn Battle Frontier in his arc, claiming that he will subdue the Frontier Brains in the seven days prior to the opening ceremonies. He's the first main character whose first Pokémon is actually a starter* the second is Blake, in this case Sceptile.

Anime Hair: Justified, as he's using hair gel to make himself look bigger.

Anti-Hero: Comes across as Nominal by the series' standards, but a Disney one overall.

Awesomeness by Analysis: Just one glance tells him the origin site of a Pokémon. Given just how he calms the (unnaturally) frenzied Pokémon in the arc, it qualifies. Hence why he quickly bonded with Noland after their battle.

He was shown as a shadow at the end of Crystal, although you can't even recognize him since he hadn't been given his distinctive hair by then.

The panel of his trainer card appears in the Ruby and Sapphire arc.

Dark and Troubled Past: His parents died so he moved from relative to relative, and they bullied him for being short. He considered Pokemon, which play with him and offer him help when needed, his only friends. But others then said that he was only using them as 'limbs'. This caused him to ran away finally and vowed not to rely on Pokemon anymore.

Drought Level of Doom: Emerald has to battle many times before facing the Frontier Brain in each facility, so it counts.

He refuses to acknowledge that the bonds he's formed with his Pokémon contribute to his victories, and to prove this point he exchanges his roster for a team he's never used before. To battle a Frontier Brain. After witnessing the Heroic Resolve of his Sceptile saving him from being defeated by Ruby.

When fighting his way through the Battle Tower to confront Guile Hideout, he refuses to break the rules of the Battle Tower despite fighting for his life and the lives of everyone in the Battle Frontier.

When he recalled his three most trusted Pokémon and replaces them with another prior to the final Battle Dome Match, which he loses horribly.

Later, in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, he gives a speech about this to everyone, asking why they were so intent on using only lore (Zinnia) or technology (Devon) to stop the meteor. This causes a collective realization about the need to cooperate.

Emerald's Pokémon

Sceptile

Emerald's starter Pokémon that got from the Battle Factory. Briefly partnered with Wally before being lost at sea.

Sinnoh Dex Holders

Diamond

Diamond

The Empathizer

“The ‘time’ that me, Pearl and Little Miss spent, and the ‘space’ that we travelled all over, are the most important ‘time’ and ‘space’ to me. Not just for me… The people and Pokémon who treasure this ‘time’ and ‘space’ have come here for that. You have no right to take away something that important for your own selfish reason!!”

The first hero of the DP arc. His name is usually shortened to Dia. He's the fool in the comedy duo . He's always shown to be always eating and sleepy. But despite his foolish looking face, he is also quite sensitive to his surroundings and can detect the smallest things in a situation. First Pokémon is a Munchlax named Lax and starter is a Turtwig named 'Tru'.

Adorkable: Face it - he's a mecha anime addict, loves to eat, a Butt-Monkey, rather emotional, often unintentionally funny, yet still remains a big badass. He can't be anything but this.

Balance, Speed, Strength Trio: The strength of the triangle as Dia's team involves various slow, tough and powerful pokemon that can take a beating.

Beware the Silly Ones: Sure he often space out every now and then when he is not eating but Dia ultimately is the one who did the most damage to Cyrus' plan.

Big Eater: He's eating practically in every chapter. Even while on board TG's plane!

Bodyguard Crush: It was a mistake when he and Pearl become Platinum Berlitz's bodyguards, but he still crushes on her.

Can't Catch Up: Byron sends him into a personal training session with Riley at Iron Island for not being as strong or battle-smart as Pearl and Platinum, something even Satoshi Yamamoto points out. He makes up for this with his courage and empathy later on.

The Dulcinea Effect: Sort of. He becomes fiercely determined to protect Platinum upon a day of meeting her.

Easily Forgiven: Sure, he didn't know yet that Cyrus had undergone a change of heart during his stay in the Distortion World, but why exactly would he casually remind him of his old plan of reconstructing the universe? Even after hearing Cyrus's Freudian Excuse, he completely forgets the fact that the man tried to kill him and his friends several times over and immediately teams up with him.

Grew a Spine: One may think that he's just the quiet unassuming underdog of the comedy duo, but midway in the DP arc he reveals to Pearl that he wants to follow his own feelings and do what he wants for a change. He then goes on to be the biggest badass of the DP arc.

The Heart: His normalcy is what enables him to have the biggest heart in the series.

Hero-Worshipper: In a flashback, he was shown to be a fan of Red and has puppets of his Pokémon.

Team Chef: Surprisingly a good one too. He can make high-quality Poffins with difficult berry combinations which were fed to Platinum's Prinplup, not to mention a cream pie for Platinum herself when she got depressed.

Tranquil Fury: Possibly one of the reasons he's associated with Mesprit, the Pokémon of emotion.

Gī

A Regigias that Platinum encountered after her defeat at the hands of Jupiter. It saved her, Candice, and Maylene and snuck into her Poke Ball so it can come and help them later during the final battle against Cyrus. Due to orders it was given in the past, it refuses to leave its Poke Ball unless it's necessary.

Big Damn Heroes: According to Dr. Footstep, its job is to do this and refuses to leave its Poke Ball unless it's really, truly needed.

Olympus Mons: One of the few legendaries to be on a Dex holder's regular rotation.

Super Strength: Strong enough to go toe to toe against Dialga and Palkia. It's species were said to tow entire continents in the past.

Rotom

A Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum encountered in the Old Chateau. It tricked and teased them by going into various appliances, but they eventually found it and trapped it in a television. Later, Dia and Pearl returned to the Old Chateau to protect Rotom from Charon and befriended it. After Charon was defeated, it joined Dia.

Elemental Powers: It can gain various elements based on what appliance it possesses.

Pearl

The Determiner

The second hero of the DP arc. He's the straight man of the comedy duo and is very loud and shouts quite a lot. He's somewhat The Leader of the team. First Pokémon is a Chatot named Chatler and starter is a Chimchar named Chimler. His father is the leader of the Battle Frontier, and thus he has a great wealth of battling and training knowledge, which he often shares with Platinum Berlitz.

Bystander Syndrome: He at first doesn't want to have anything to do with Team Galactic because he believes that his and Dia's only priority is to protect Platinum. He changes his views as the arc goes on.

Catch-Phrase: Shared with Dia for their routine, "When you think of Pokemon!"

Heroic B.S.O.D.: Goes into one after failing to protect Azelf from Team Galactic. He snaps out of it quickly, though.

Hot-Blooded: Possibly moreso than Gold as he shouts almost every chapter.

Jerk with a Heart of Gold: His treatment of Dia (before he calls him out on it) occasionally tiptoes from the well-meaning to abusive and he had been very put off by Platinum's behavior at first, but he cares deeply for the both of them. By the end of the DP arc he also seems to have dropped the jerk part completely.

Keet: It's downplayed in comparison to Barry. This does not mean much.

The Leader: Type III. While Platinum is the face of the Sinnoh trio, he's the one who actually takes charge.

No Time to Think: A wild Stunky stink-bombs Platinum unconscious after multiple bike-riding failures agitate it, and she starts rolling straight downhill. Pearl saves her ass from a messy trip off Cycling Road by utilizing Prinplup and Chimlord's abilities through pure intrinsic knowledge and reflexive thought.

Only Sane Man: He has his faults, but compared to Dia or Platinum, he's certainly the most level-headed among the three of them and often has to keep the other two in line.

Unstoppable Rage: He unleashes his entire team (and Rotom) out at Charon when he thinks that Dia is killed.

Verbal Tic: When he's being especially serious, he calls Diamond by his real name instead of Dia. "Dia- No, Diamond..."

What the Hell, Hero?: Dia calmly calls him out for not listening to his opinions and generally treating him like his underling. He realizes his mistakes, however, and the two quickly patch up after their battle with Cyrus.

Flaming Hair: Flame-shaped prior to its final evolution, and just plain flames as Infernape.

Playing with Fire: Is Fire-type as a Chimchar and it's his primary type as a Monferno and Infernal.

Rayler/Rayhiko (Torahiko)

A Luxray that once had his claws broken as a Luxio and was ostracized from his pride. After Pearl helped him connect with him pride again, Rayhiko eventually evolved and became the leader. Later, he joined Pearl's team to help him face off against Team Galactic.

X-Ray Vision: A useful aspect of his species that Pearl makes good use of even before capturing him.

Zeller/Zelhiko (Zeruhiko)

A Buizel that was caught in the explosion of one of Team Galactic's bombs and gained a distrust of humans in the process. Pearl captured him while training but the Pokemon doesn't want to listen to him.

Blow You Away: Has the ability to create a tornado by spinning his tails quickly.

Tauler/Tauhiko (Taurohiko)

Platinum Berlitz

The Knower

"...It's an interesting world out there. I've learned many things I wouldn't otherwise have if I'd stayed cooped up at home!"

The third hero of the DP arc and the heroine of the Platinum arc. She is the princess of the group and is supposedly on a journey to Mt Coronet to honor a family tradition. She acts very snobbish at first but is later revealed to be also sheltered and curious. First Pokémon is a Ponyta and her starter is a Piplup. She's lightened up quite a bit in the Platinum arc.

The Ace: With Pearl and Dia's help, she mowed down the gyms faster than Sapphire and battled the Frontier Brains without losing.

Adorkable: Her eagerness to do certain things she's read in books, even mundane tasks such as shoveling, tends to be very endearing.

Bad Liar: An odd case. Whenever she lies, it's.. not very convincing, but unlike other examples she can do it with an extreme straight face. This is actually a Running Gag in the early chapters of the Diamond and Pearl arc, where Pearl catches her acting out actions she's interested in, and plainly denies doing so when he confronts her about it.

Balance, Speed, Strength Trio: Platinum is the balance of the trio who befitting of her knowledgable mind, has Pokemon in her team for almost any situation and can utilize rental pokemon just as well as her trained pokemon.

Chekhov's Skill: Many of the new experiences she picks up on her journey end up helping her out in her Gym Battles.

Chekhov's Boomerang: And one of her learned skills (mastering roulette) was used again in the Platinum arc.

Contrasting Sequel Main Character: Both Platinum and Sapphire took up the Gym quest instead of their male counterparts as well as being the dominant one in their group. However, while Sapphire is a Hot-BloodedWild Child, Platinum is an aloof Ice Queen-interestingly reflecting their starters and home regions very well.

Damsel in Distress: She often got into danger in the early chapters of the DP arc, necessitating her "bodyguards" Dia and Pearl to come rescue her. This completely disappears once she took up battling and became an Action Girl.

Decoy Protagonist: Plot-wise, she's the most important among the Sinnoh trio, but by the end of the Diamond and Pearl arc it's clear that Diamond's the real hero of the story.

Defrosting Ice Queen: To Dia and Pearl. She acts all snobby at first and considers the two as just mere hired commoner guards but later warms up to them.

Only Known by Their Nickname: Before the Platinum Version game was released, she didn't want to give her real name to commoners. Her nickname may be "Ojou-sama", "Missy", or "Lady" depending on the version you're reading.

Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense: As she is rich enough to (relatively) do whatever she wants, she has a little trouble in the Battle Castle, where only Castle Points may be spent, as this is the first time she has a limited budget to achieve her ends. She ends up spending barely any of it, but she manages to win by cashing all of it in for info on her opponent.

Rule of Sexy: So she wears a hat, a scarf, long sleeves; stuff perfect for winter. But that doesn't stop her from wearing only a skirt, exposing her legs.

Sheltered Aristocrat: The crux of her character. She has a lot of knowledge, but not much experience of the outside world. Her time with the boys slowly waves this away.

Zettai Ryouiki: Her black socks/stockings are above the knee unlike her game and anime counterparts.

Platinum's Pokémon

Rapidash

Platinum's first Pokemon and her mode of transportation. Started out as a Ponyta but later evolved.

Butt-Monkey: Poor, poor Rapidash. As a Ponyta, all he would do is lose horribly in whatever battle he was put in. It wasn't until Platinum's battle against Byron that he finally won a battle and evolved not long after.

Unova Dex Holders

Black

The Dreamer

The male protagonist of the BW arc, he is an eager boy who aims to win the Pokemon League. He has a one-track mind regarding his dreams, to the point that he needs an outlet so that he can think about anything other than the League. First Pokémon are a Rufflet named Brav and a Munna named Musha while his starter is a Tepig named Tep.

Ambiguous Disorder: Black seems to suffer from some form of high-functioning autism, like Asperger's Syndrome or something similar to it. Leading credence to this, while he acts like an Idiot Hero he's far from actually stupid - it's more along the lines of "single-mindedly obsessed and focused". This is seen with his abandoning his friends purely because he really did forget the promise he made (or rather, wasn't thinking about it), and became remorseful after being called out on it).

Amulet of Dependency: Defied when it comes to Musha. Black refuses to have Musha help him focus in Gym battles, as he feels that he wouldn't be a good trainer if he were that dependent on his Pokémon. Played straight in other situations, though.

Surprisingly, he is very studious and reads up on various information on his own (but only when said subject is on Pokemon, of course). Before going on his journey, he looked up to see who the current Gym Leaders, Elite Four, and Champion were and also looked up his own Pokemon to see what they would eventually evolve into.

Black has claimed that, since he was little, he would go to the local library to look up anything he didn't already know. Turns out, the real reason why he becomes like that was because Bianca's father won't allow her to play with him and Cheren if he isn't knowledgeable enough to be a Champion. He's so single-minded and determined in pursuit of his study, studying was more like breathing for him and made him incapable of multitasking if he had set his eyes on something.

Badass in Distress: Spends a good portion sealed inside the Light stone with Reshiram with no way out in the Black 2 White 2 arc. Though White eventually found him in the Entralink, where the Light stone had gone to.

Character Development: After blowing off his friends for his dreams at the start, something Cheren actually tells him quite clearly when he talks to him, he obviously shows that he cares for White, Cheren and Bianca much more.

Gameplay and Story Integration: His title The Dreamer is related to the idea of the Dream World, which plays out in a fashion through his link with his Munna.

Green-Eyed Monster: When White is going to compete in the Battle Subway, he has shades of this, since he had turned down his own chances at trying it out, only for White to do so herself. This leads to a minor case of I Want My Beloved to Be Happy, as Black is encouraged by Marshal and he later agrees to help White catch a Pokemon so that she can prepare for the Battle Subway. He even gives her Brav so she can have enough Pokemon to participate and very genuinely cheers her on .

Understandably enters a state of shock when he learns that Musha only stayed with him for the taste of his dreams, and leaves him because the dreams have changed.

Gets out of it though, with the encouragement of his other Pokemon. And later on Musha comes back, evolved as a Musharna, and reveals that it actually left so that it could become stronger to support Black's new dreams.

Hot-Blooded: Begins everyday by shouting his dream to the world. Is very loud and boisterous all throughout.

Hyper Awareness: He has very good deducing skills, but mostly only after his head is cleared with his Munna's help.

Idiot Hero: Strangely, crosses over with Badass Bookworm. He spends hours in libraries studying and has great intellect, but due to his single-minded focus on his dreams it often doesn't come out. But when Munna eats his dreams he becomes incredibly focused and observant. That's not to say he isn't smart without his Munna. He does his research after all.

Invisible Parents: Cheren mentions that he has both a mother and a father, but they were never shown. Still, they're loving enough to move to an entirely new neighborhood at their son's request.

Nice Guy: Yes, he has several Innocently Insensitive moments and can sometimes forget everything and everyone else but his goals, but Black’s default mode seems to be cheerful and affable and it's later shown that he’s both very fond and very protective of his friends.

No Indoor Voice: Whenever he declares his dreams, he isn't particularly observant of his surroundings.

Ship Tease: With White. Everyone they meet thinks they're a couple, except for the couple in question.

He spent a whole night frantically searching for White, and when he sees a mysterious figure holding her, he brings out his whole team to fight against them.

He's willing to give up a chance to go on the Battle Subway AND HIS OLDEST POKEMON just so White can grow stronger.

The arc ends with him revealing he tried to keep his promise of promoting the agency at the end, wearing their logo under his shirt and wanting to reveal it as he was crowned champion. He asks White whether his debt is repaid, and she tearfully says yes.

Training from Hell: Forced into this by the Gym Leaders so they can defeat Team Plasma and use Reshiram.

Work Off the Debt: Black has a massive debt for destroying a movie set which White paid for. He is now stuck with her, though White being the person she is, she actually doesn't expect him to pay all of it. Heartbreakingly ended at the end of the arc, with White declaring him free from his debt before he's trapped in the Light Stone.

Screw This, I'm Outta Here!: Turns out he only worked with Black to eat his dreams. Now that he doesn't like Black's dreams anymore, he leaves. Subverted when it turns out he just wanted to evolve, and Came Back Strong for Black in the finale.

Meaningful Rename: Black tends to nickname is Pokémon based on the final forms they take upon evolution. For Nite, because he didn't have any data on him, he decided to change his name to match his current form every time he evolves.

Messy Pig: When he was first introduced, Tep was seen gobbling a bunch of berries and getting juice everywhere.

Playing with Fire: He's Fire-type as a Tepig and it's his primary type as a Pignite and Emboar.

The Slacker: The original problem with him, he'd just laze about all through a battle. Averted later when he starts to trust Black, and subverted when he does it again only because Black was hesitating.

Reshiram

The legendary Pokemon of Truth. It selects Black as its chosen trainer.

Sealed Good in a Can: It was sealed in the Light stone until Black released it. It gets sealed again after the battle with N and Zekrom ends, except with Black getting trapped alongside it.

White

White

The Dreamer

"Anything from acting in dramas, films, ads, plays to printing, please leave it to the BW Agency!!"

The female protagonist of the BW arc, she is the president of a company that rents out Pokémon for commercial purposes, such as TV shows. Her star Pokemon, Gigi, doesn't actually battle, but later she decides to become a Pokemon Trainer in order to understand it. She eventually gets her starter, a Servine named Amanda, and her own Pokedex from Bianca.

Neutral Female: She flat out tells Black that she has no Pokémon of her own and that she never participated in a battle in her life. Is looking to hack out the "neutral" via the Battle Subway, and she succeeds spectacularly.

Oh, Crap!: She freaks when she realizes that due to someone else's carelessness she doesn't have the Pokémon needed for a shooting.

Promotional Consideration: Once she realizes that Black has his own dreams to pursue, White agrees to sponsor him by taking care of all his out of battle needs in exchange for a gigantic Enforced Plug of the BW Agency after he's crowned champion. He manages to become champ, but he couldn't pull off the plug...

Reasonable Authority Figure: She doesn't actually expect Black to pay the entirety of his massive debt and only wants his Tepig around for a few more shootings. She also gives him time to train for his own goals.

Say My Name: Delivers a massive "BLAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!" as the latter becomes the Light Stone and flies away from her reach. This is in fact the last thing she says in the BW arc.

Ship Tease: With Black. She denies any allegations of being his girlfriend, but many people still say otherwise.

At one point, she notices that she has been talking about Black a lot, and talks about how he is actually pretty cool. It doesn't help that she tries to make up an excuse...all while she's only talking to herself.

The arc ends with her tearfully saying Black's been freed from his debt before screaming Black's name as he's trapped in the Light Stone and spirited away.

Take Up My Sword: A lighter and much more nonlethal version. After she helps out Bianca in figuring out her dream of becoming a lab assistant, Bianca hands the Pokedex over to her, initiating her into the legend of the Dex Holders.

Took a Level in Badass: She started out as not being a Trainer. After the incident with N, White decided to learn how to defend herself but wasn't very good at it initially. After training on the Battle Subway, White goes from being unable to defeat a single Pokémon to actually managing to get far enough to face the Subway Bosses, Ingo and Emmet. She's also managed to evolve the Servine following her around into a Serperior, proving she's gotten pretty good at battling. By the Black 2 & White 2 chapter, she appears to be as formidable a trainer as any other Dex Holder.

Blake (Lack-Two)

The Arrester

The male protagonist of the B2W2 chapter, Blake is a high-ranking member of the International Police. He went undercover in the Trainers' School to hunt down the remaining members of Team Plasma. His first Pokemon is also his starter, Dewott.

The Ace: According to Looker's superiors, he's this to the International Police. He's even called "Mister Perfect".

Ace Custom: All of Blake's Pokeballs have special grips molded exclusively for him, and he has special armor under his suit.

Badass Normal: Blake doesn't just stand on the sidelines and shout orders when battling. While battling Genesect, Blake barrages it with Pokeballs, forcing Genesect to fight both Blake and his Pokemon.

Beneath the Mask: He may seem like a skirt chasing class clown, but he's really part of the International Police. When he's not in class, he's pretty serious and professional. It's hard to tell which is his real personality at this point.

The Casanova: His classroom persona. Whether it's his real one or not is up to you.

Chick Magnet: After the battle that caused the aforementioned Clothing Damage is done and the surrounding area is leveled, a bunch of civilians come to see what happened. Amongst them are two girls who fight over who gets to bring Blake home and treat his injuries.

Child Soldier: When compared to the other Dex holders who were often dragged to the conflict of evil organizations; Blake's character arc focuses solely on fighting Team Plasma, being one of the International Police's strongest trainers at the age of 12.

Dating Catwoman: Downplayed in that he and Whitley are not dating, but he is a member of the International Police flirting with a (former) member of Team Plasma.

Dub Name Change: The official Japanese romanization of his name is Lack-two, but the official English translations give him the name Blake.note A reference to Hilbert's demo name, Blair. His Japanese name is retained in that his International Police codename is "Black No. 2"

I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: In his introduction, he breaks up with his girlfriend Yancy so she can pursue her career as an idol.But actually he only saw her as a suspect and discarded her as soon he confirmed she wasn't his target.

Improbable Age: He's a 12 year old who is a high ranking member of the International Police. He even outranks Looker.

Interpol Special Agent: A member of the International Police, and a superintendent/inspector at that. Though he gets discharged for breaking the rules by taking Genesect when it was under strict supervision.

Let's Get Dangerous!: When it's time to get serious, you can hardly believe this is the same kid who has been flirting around with every girl in class.

No Sense of Personal Space: He's a little too friendly for Whitley's taste, but she is the only girl in their class who he hasn't ruled out to be ex-Plasma. In any case, Whitley's Foongus certainly doesn't appreciate him trying to get too close to its trainer.

Obfuscating Stupidity: Masquarades as a flirt that goes after every woman in his sight, only to turn into a stoic badass when he's on the job.

Only Known by Their Nickname: Possibly. He states that he goes by "Blake" at the Aspertia Trainer's School, indicating that it's not his real name. Then again, when Colress asked him his name as a sign of respect, he said his name was "Blake" then as well, so it could be real.

Simple, yet Awesome: The body suit he wears under his clothes is actually a highly protective armor that helps him withstand Pokemon attacks.

Ship Tease: Invoked Trope with Whitley as part of his mission, though it's currently unknown how much of it is an act.

The Stoic: Very cool-headed while in his police persona. Surverted as it turns out he is literally unable to feel emotions.

The Sociopath: Blake is a rare heroic example, all his previous actions (manipulating girls' feelings, giving third parties access to Interpol's info in exchange of equipment, taking away dangerous Pokemon without authorization) foreshadowed he was this, but what confirmed it was when he was willing to push a very damaged Genesect in order to unfreeze the Musketeers, when confronted for the cruelty of this, he answered that he doesn't understand how that is cruel — if Genesect gets hurt he will just heal it. He admits that concepts like "fear" and "pity" are unknown to him, shocking Whitley and Keldamaru with the latter realizing that he wasn't collected with his emotions like his masters, he just doesn't have any.

Troll: In his classroom persona, he seems to enjoy messing with Whitley as much as he hits on her. At one point he even brings her along with him to a Virbank City concert while she's still unconscious, leading to a very rude awakening for poor Whitley.

When He Smiles:. After the confrontation with Colress and Genesect, he gives an earnest smile to Looker after thanking his Dewott for a job well done. Quite noticeable considering he's pretty much always aloof when on the job.

Keldemaru

A Keldeo that was mentored by the Swords of Justice. Blake offers to help it become stronger in exchange for working with him.

Arch-Enemy: The Shadow Triad, but not Genesect. Ironically, it ended up on a team with the latter (though it's not known if it knows Genesect was used to do the deed).

All Your Powers Combined: Being mentored by the Swords of Justice has let it learn the unique skills of all three. It learned the power of charging from Terrakion, speed and sharpness from Virizion and how to keep a strong heart and never flinch from Cobalion.

Bare-Fisted Monk: Fighting is its secondary type, although its subverted in that it uses a sword.

Animal Wrongs Group: She's a former member of Team Plasma, and still believes in its mission of liberating Pokémon. Played with in that, given that she was ten at the time and serving with her mom, it comes off as blindly following her parents' beliefs and not thinking things through herself yet.

Undying Loyalty: For N and the original Team Plasma, still believing in their just crusade to free Pokemon from humans. As such, she wasn't exactly thrilled to receive a Pokedex, the icon of Pokemon enslavement.

Foongy (Dake-chan)

Whitley’s first Pokemon. He was initially one of the Pokemon “liberated” by Team Plasma that Whitley took care of. He is fiercely protective of Whitley

Chest Monster: It looks like a Pokeball. When Whitley was first presented with the Pokemon she was supposed to take care of, she was confused that there was a Pokeball with them and accidentally threw Foongy after learning he was a Pokemon.

Kalos Dex Holders

X

X

The Loner

The male protagonist of the XY chapter who used to be a strong Pokémon Trainer in his childhood. However, the pressure he got from the paparazzi eventually got to him. Years later, X is a shut-in who refuses to leave his room despite his friends’ protests. His first Pokémon is a Kangaskhan named Kanga and Li'l Kanga and his starter is a Chespin named Marisso.

Heroic B.S.O.D.: He secludes himself away in depression after his perceived failure to prevent Korinna’s Key Stone from being stolen.

Hikkikomori: He was once a famous trainer, but is now a shut-in who refuses to leave his room. This is the result of an incident in which the paparazzi tried to pull Li’l Kanga away from Kanga to get a picture.

Hyper Awareness: Being secluded from the outside world for so long has considerably sharpened his senses.

It's All My Fault: Part of the reason why he's so cold towards others is because he feels responsible for endangering the Pokemon and people around him, most clearly shown when he blames himself for Korrina's Key Stone getting stolen.

She Is Not My Girlfriend: Y is mistaken to be his girlfriend two times by Celosia and Cassius, and he denies this to the latter.

Ship Tease: With Y. The two have been childhood friends for a long time, and even with him turning into a shut-in Y's the only one to not give up on him. And despite his seeming disinterest, he actually does appreciate all that she's done for him, which she overhears and teases him over.

Interestingly enough, most of his Ship Tease with Y comes from him, such as when he gets into an even worse mood than usual when she enters into a Heroic B.S.O.D., strongly denying that she's his girlfriend to Cassius, and outright blushing when Y tells him how he's her inspiration and when she overhears him express his gratitude to her.

Kanga and Li'l Kanga (Garu and Kogaru)

Not Allowed to Grow Up: Li'l Kanga is still an infant Kangaskhan despite having been with X for several years now. This seems to be because she refuses to leave her mothers pouch, imitating X who refuses to leave his home.

Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Li’l Kanga is small but even so is capable of fighting alongside its mother, even before Mega Evolving.

Marisso

A Chespin given to X by Professor Sycamore (through Trevor) in hopes of getting X out of his depression. It later joins X's team after X saw how hard it worked in his battle against Professor Sycamore.

Elèc

A wild Pokemon that originally stole Y's clothes when it was an Electrike. It eventually evolves into Manectric during it's first meeting with the group, and assists X in fighting against Team Flare grunts.

The Rival: Has one in a Scyther. They constantly train so that they can be stronger every time they encounter each other. When the Scyther can’t move because Team Flare drained it of its Life Energy, Rute becomes very angry.

Yvonne "Y" Gābena (Y na Gābena)

The Flyer

The female protagonist of the XY chapter, she is a Sky Trainer who is determined to bring her childhood friend X out into the world again. Y was previously trying to be a Rhyhorn racer in the past, but switched to her current interest. Her first pokemon is a Fletchling named Fletchy and her starter is a Froakie named Croaky.

All of the Other Reindeer: Used to be socially isolated and bullied by her peers in the Sky Training Academy just because she got special treatment for having a famous mom.

Paparazzi and reporters, as they are the reason X refuses to leaves his home. That said, when Viola reveals she is the Santalune Gym Leader and offers the group temporary sanctuary, Y's opinion of her improves.

Determinator: Regarding X. Trevor, Tierno, and Shauna have all given up on trying to get him to come out of his room, but not Y, who despite being busy with her own life always finds time to visit him everyday and try to bring him outside. His repeated rejection of her attempts has not fazed her one bit.

Doomed Hometown: Vanivilee Town is completely destroyed in the second round of the arc.

Dub Name Change: Viz has her real name to be Yvonne, with Y being a nickname.

Expository Hairstyle Change: The only main female character to change her hairstyle multiple times. A flashback showed that she used to have pigtails as a child. When the story first started, she initially freely swapped between having a low ponytail and a high one. Then Celosia chops half her hair off when she managed to listen in on Team Flare's plans, the second time was when Shauna gives her a shorter haircut in order to prepare her for her successor ceremony, and the third time has her sporting a bob cut after the three month Time Skip and everyone's troubles with Team Flare was over.

Follow in My Footsteps: As the child of the famous Rhyhorn racer Grace, everyone expected her to become like her mother, much to her chagrin. She rebels and decides to become a Sky Trainer instead, sparking a lot of arguments with her mother.

Floral Theme Naming: Her full name in Japanese is likely a reference to both her game counterpart and the Golden Serena gerbena daisy.

Heroic B.S.O.D.: When she learns that her mother was captured by Team Flare.

Horrible Judge of Character: Played with. She's a better judge than she probably even realizes, noticing that something was off with Shauna when Shauna ended up being brainwashed and correctly deducing that despite his friendship with the obviously unhinged Lysandre, Professor Sycamore is oblivious rather than evil. The problem is that she second guesses herself and doesn't always go for her gut instinct.

Hot-Blooded: Y is yelling in almost every chapter (and mostly at X). She starts to mellow out a bit in the latter half of the XY arc, stating that she needs to control her emotions now that she's a Mega Evolution successor.

Innocent Fanservice Girl: Has absolutely no reservations in stripping herself or her friends of their clothes in public.

Jumped at the Call: When Xerneas says it is looking to choose a trainer to use it, Y decides to simply start commanding Xerneas in battle, reasoning that she might as well go for it since they need the help and can’t wait for Xerneas to pick. As a result of her successfully commanding it, Xerneas chooses her as its trainer.

The Leader: Type II/III hybrid of the team of friends. She is also the one who keeps the group together.

Magic Skirt: Y has an unfortunate tendency to get flung into walls. While this isn't so much a problem while she's in her flight suit, her Dangerously Short Skirt really shouldn't be able to hide anything when she does.

Manic Pixie Dream Girl: She's the one who persisted the most in getting X to open up. At the end of the XY arc, he finally admits that he's grateful for all her help.

In a way, this is her way of thanking X as he was basically hers first by encouraging her to be more open back when they first met.

Ms. Fanservice: Not only does her form-fitted flight suit (which she wears for like half the XY chapter) accentuate her curves, but Y is canonically the most developed among the female Dex Holders, beating even Green! And did we mention that she's only 12?

Ship Tease: With X. The two have been childhood friends for a long time, and when he became a shut-in she's the only one who never gave up on him. Her trust on and dedication and persistence to X borders on the selfless at times, especially considering that he rarely even shows her how much he appreciates her efforts.

In fact, the reason why she's so Hot-Blooded and straightforward is because it was X ('s old self) who encouraged her to be honest with herself, which she needed to hear back when she was frustrated over being expected to follow her mother's footsteps.

Static Character: Other than resolving her family issues and growing out of her hotbloodedness she doesn't change significantly from her role as the group's determined and reliable leader throughout the entire XY arc.

The Worf Effect: Y will be the first of the group to get knocked around. Justified, as she is stronger than Trevor, Tierno, and Shauna but X isn't likely to fight back unless he's being directly targeted, meaning that, by default, Y is the first to jump in the fray.

Fletchy (Yako-chan)

Y's Fletchling. Evolves into a Fletchinder while battling Yvette and the sky trainer trainees.

Alola Dex Holders

Sun

Sun

The Saver

The male protagonist of the Sun & Moon saga, he aims to collect ₽100 million for a currently unspecified reason. His first Pokemon is an Alolan Meowth named Dollar and his starter is a Litten named En.

Butt-Monkey: Prone to slapstick. Was even beat up physically by Professor Kukui.

Honor Before Reason: Even though he's desperate for cash, he still intends to earn it through honest means. He even intended to return the Sparkling Stone to Tapu Koko the next time they meet, and gets angry at Professor Kukui for insinuating that he wanted to sell it.

Hammerspace: Somehow her small shoulder bag can store a regular-sized bow and arrows.

It's All My Fault: Blames herself for a Piplup being poisoned and unable to be cured by normal means.

Jumped at the Call: When Piplup got poisoned and she learned that the ingredients could only be found in Alola at the same time that Rotom arrived and needed to be delivered, she jumped on the chance to go there to retrieve them.

The Medic: Is quite proud of her skills in pharmacy, stating that there's no medicine she can't make. She also has basic first aid skills and even caught a Grubbin to use its silk for makeshift casts.

Mukokuseki: Averted to a degree. Some readers have agreed that she looks rather distinctly Asian, likely due to the reasons stated below in Race Lift.

Only Sane Man: Less than a day in Alola and of meeting Sun and she's already exasperated with his antics.

Poisonous Person: Her team consists of poison-types. This makes sense, as she's a pharmacist who studies poisons and their antidotes. This also makes her notable among dex holders as she is the first dex holder to specialize in a certain type. Sun refer to her as a "poison maiden".

Race Lift: Implied. While Moon still has her game counterpart's default coloring, Yamamoto stated in a tweet that Moon is modeled after a character played by Korean actress Bae Doona and going a step further by making her Weapon of Choice what appears to be a stylized Korean war bow.

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